Numbers 35

1 Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

1 在耶利哥对面、约旦河边的摩押平原，耶和华对摩西说：

2 “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.

2 “你告诉以色列人，要从分得的产业中把一些城邑及其周围的草场分给利未人。

3 The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.

3 城邑供他们居住，草场供他们牧放牛羊等牲畜。

4 The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.

4 划分给利未人的草场是从城墙往外延伸四百五十米 ，

5 You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

5 要以城为中心，东南西北四郊每边向外量九百米，作利未人的草场。

6 Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

6 要分给利未人四十二座城邑，另外再加六座供误杀人者逃命的避难城，

7 The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.

7 共分给利未人四十八座城邑，包括城周围的草场。

8 The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”

8 以色列各支派要按比例从自己承受的产业中分一些城邑给利未人，人多的支派多给，人少的支派少给。”

9 Then the LORD said to Moses,

9 耶和华对摩西说：

10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

10 “你要告诉以色列人，‘你们过了约旦河进入迦南以后，

11 designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

11 要选一些城邑作为你们的避难城，供误杀人者逃去避难，

12 You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

12 躲避复仇的人，以免误杀人者未在会众面前受审，便被杀死。

13 The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

13 你们要选六座城作为避难城，

14 Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.

14 三座在约旦河东岸，三座在迦南。

15 These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

15 凡误杀人的，无论是以色列人，还是在他们当中寄居的外族人，都可以逃到这些城避难。

16 If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

16 “‘倘若有人用铁器打人致死，他就是故意杀人，杀人犯必须被处死。

17 Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

17 倘若有人用足以致命的石头打人致死，他就是故意杀人，杀人犯必须被处死。

18 If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

18 倘若有人用足以致命的木器打人致死，他就是故意杀人，杀人犯必须被处死。

19 The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

19 报血仇的人要亲自处死故意杀人者，一找到他就要处死他。

20 Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,

20 倘若有人因仇恨把人推倒致死，或故意扔东西砸人致死，

21 or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.

21 或因仇恨徒手伤人致死，他就是故意杀人，杀人犯必须被处死，报血仇的人一找到他就要处死他。

22 But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,

22 “‘倘若有人并非出于怀恨，而是偶然推倒人致死，或无意间扔东西砸人致死，

23 or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,

23 或因没有看见而扔石头砸人致死，鉴于他与对方并非仇人，也无意加害对方，

24 then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

24 会众就要照这些律例在误杀人者与报血仇者之间做出判决。

25 The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

25 会众要把误杀人者从报血仇者手里救出来，让他回到他原先逃往的避难城。他要住在那里，一直住到受圣油膏立的大祭司逝世。

26 But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled

26 但倘若误杀人者离开避难城，

27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,

27 报血仇的人在城外找到他，将他杀死也不用担血债。

28 because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.

28 因为误杀人者必须留在避难城内，等到大祭司逝世之后，才可返回家园。

29 This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.

29 这是你们世世代代无论住在哪里都要遵守的律例。

30 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

30 “‘倘若有人被控谋杀，必须有几个人作证才可以处死他，不可凭一个人的证词处死他。

31 You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

31 犯了死罪的杀人犯必须偿命，不可让他付赎金免死。

32 Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

32 不可收逃进避难城之人的赎金，让他在大祭司逝世前返回家园。

33 Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

33 这样，你们就不致玷污你们所居住的土地，因为血会玷污土地。除非用凶手的血作抵偿，否则被血玷污的土地无法得到洁净。

34 Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”

34 不可玷污你们所居住的土地，那也是我居住的地方，因为我耶和华住在以色列人中间。’”